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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5, Book 5 : Chapter 1, Sophy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What advantage does physical activity confer on a student?
(a) Strength to overcome emotions.
(b) Vigor to face the threats in life.
(c) Patience to face loss.
(d) Hard-heartedness to face suffering.

2. How does Rousseau say selfishness is ever satisfied?
(a) It is never satisfied.
(b) It is perfected in familial duty.
(c) It is satisfied in nationalism.
(d) It is satisfied with wealth and power.

3. What change does a man experience at his second birth?
(a) The ability to reason.
(b) Facial hair and a deeper voice.
(c) The ability to hold complex ideas.
(d) Sexual desire.

4. What is the worst thing a man can think about in regard to his child, according to Rousseau?
(a) Wondering whether it will survive childhood.
(b) Wondering whether it is actually his.
(c) Wondering whether it will be good.
(d) Wondering whether it will succeed.

5. What is Rousseau's feeling about the disparity between men's and women's roles?
(a) That it is lamentable.
(b) That it is reasonable.
(c) That it is good and right.
(d) That it is harmful but inevitable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau say about selfishness?

2. When does Rousseau say manhood begins?

3. What trait is needed in tutors who are trying to win a student's submission?

4. What does Rousseau say ensures interdependence of man and woman?

5. What example does Rousseau use for teaching Emile to read?

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